Long term storage and usage of cryogenic propellants for a manned Mars mission

The research is concerned with investigating the storage and usage of liquid Hydrogen and Oxygen over a long duration. For this purpose a mission was defined where these two propellants are used to transport a six man crew to Mars and back. The mission duration is a total of 972 days in length with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Mark
Other Authors: Bowling, Tom
Language:en
Published: Cranfield University 2017
Online Access:http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11405